The AZAL Courier
Market10 Aug 2026
Rashad Ismayilov puts it in writing
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at AZAL, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ruslan Guseynov signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Ruslan Guseynov commits to AZAL for another 4 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ruslan Guseynov in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at AZAL this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at AZAL training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vüqar Mustafayev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ruslan Guseynov knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at AZAL, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market10 Aug 2026
No place for Cavid Nadirov in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Cavid Nadirov has his answer from AZAL; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
In brief
- Market Salih Malkoçoğlu arrives on loan
- Market Rashad Ismayilov goes looking for football